Новости за 29.01.2021

With February just around the corner, I’m sure a lot of people are looking for safe Valentine’s Day date ideas. While the option with the least risk is clearly just staying home, some of us are itching to leave our residences. After almost a year of being inside, I understand that we all need a bit of fresh air and sunshine in our lives. And given that Valentine’s Day 2021 falls on a Sunday this year, it seems like the perfect excuse to get out. Just remember if you do choose to go anywhere, you need to do so with an abundance of caution. Читать дальше...

Recently out, children’s entertainer JoJo Siwa is clapping back at homophobic parents on Instagram, as she should! 

The “QAnon Shaman” insurrectionist now has said he will testify at the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, where testimonials by Trump’s supporters may be used against him, the Associated Press has reported. 

We get it, you're not a perfect person. None of us are! Looking back, there are probably many things in life that you wish you didn't do. But as humans, we continue learning, because that's really all we have. If this sounds familiar, it's because it's basically the paraphrased opening lyrics of the 2003 Hoobastank single, "The Reason." And also, a popular new TikTok meme calling ourselves out on our most embarrassing blunders and misunderstandings.

In a viral video circulating on TikTok, a young girl shuts down critical comments from a man as she opens a gift of new training bras. The video shows her unwrapping the present as she exclaims, “Yes! Yes! About time!”

Black creators are once again calling out TikTok for banning their accounts—sometimes permanently—without offering any explanation.

A viral TikTok video shows a woman dubbed a "Karen" sitting in a coffee shop drive-thru for an hour because she refused to wear a mask to be served.

Viral videos show dozens of people gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to harass Wall Street traders and protest investing app Robinhood after it halted trading on GameStop and other firms that surged during the r/wallstreetbets blitz.  

Facebook's independent Oversight Board has opened up public comments ahead of making a ruling on the social media giant's decision to ban former President Donald Trump indefinitely.

Warner Bros. is hungry for new ways to promote Justice League, a movie that already came out four years ago. Meanwhile, audiences at home are hungry for... food? This is presumably the rationale behind the Snyder Cut's new promotional tie-in, a $140 pre-packaged meal described as an "immersive experience" for DC fans. As a basic concept, I'm already obsessed. It's not quite as absurd as when The Hunger Games involved tie-in products from Subway and CoverGirl, but it's certainly close.

Since the inauguration of President Joe Biden canceled their plans for a last-second mass arrest of Democrats, believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory have spent their time trying to figure out the future of their movement. And it looked for a moment like there might not be one. But their early disillusionment and disappointment have quickly given way to a determined feeling that while some of the details might be unsettled (was Joe Biden’s inauguration faked?), the movement itself is here to stay. Читать дальше...

A woman sparked debate on TikTok last week with a seemingly innocuous act: packing lunch for her boyfriend.

That One Sound is a new weekly column from senior internet culture writer Audra Schroeder that explores the origin of popular sounds heard on TikTok. Suggestions? Tips? Email audra@dailydot.com

The waitstaff at Bud & Marilyn's, an American restaurant in Philadelphia, has accused the restaurant of withholding their tips, something that has allegedly happened previously with no consequences for the owners. With the food servers and owners struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic, wage theft has become an increasingly prevalent issue in the U.S.

TikTok's "Silhouette Challenge" is the latest trend to sweep the internet, and viewers can't get enough of the sexy videos.

A white athlete from Washington allegedly almost killed his Black girlfriend in a domestic violence incident on Friday and even expressed surprise that she made it out alive, according to multiple reports. On social media, people compared the level of coverage to that of domestic abuse incidents regarding high-profile Black athletes.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested in a recently unearthed video that the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas was orchestrated in order to advance gun control efforts.